RS6 v Nissan GTR

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RS6 v Nissan GTR

Post by nekrum » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:32 pm

Hi all

Long story but a friend of mine has just emailed me saying they are having a debate in their office about which would be quicker a tuned RS6 or a standard GTR over a timed mile..

I would have thought a standard RS6 would be able to hold it's own?!.. Anyone done it or know and times?... ta
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RE: RS6 v Nissan GTR

Post by Rupert » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:01 pm

Nissan GTR 0-150 takes 20 seconds.
RS6 (standard) takes 26.8

I don't even think 500bhp would take that figure down to 20. Has anyone v-boxed theirs?

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Post by GregR1 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:06 pm

I'm afraid the 6 has no chance. I tried a head to head with a GTR, albeit my cat is a 'meagre' 450 bhp, and there was not really a contest ..

C5s are 5 years old though!

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Post by posterboyj » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:11 pm

Nissan
1,730 kg

Audi RS6 avant
1,865 kg

Possibly.................
Cornishmoocher wrote:Buying an RS6 and then worrying about the fuel consumption is a bit like buying a boat and worrying about getting it wet.

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Post by posterboyj » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:14 pm

posterboyj wrote:Nissan
1,730 kg

Audi RS6 avant
1,865 kg


Identical power?

Possibly.................
Cornishmoocher wrote:Buying an RS6 and then worrying about the fuel consumption is a bit like buying a boat and worrying about getting it wet.

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Post by darrenswift » Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:43 pm

I must admit I was royally spanked by a black GTR north of Birmingham last month :oops:

They are superb cars in my opinion, but I love my Audi! :kissmyrings:

Let them fall into my price range and I may be tempted!
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Post by NumberoftheBeast » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:02 pm

They're supposed to be rapid. I was gonna take the plunge to get one a few weeks ago before seeing sense. They'll be a good used buy in a few years.
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Post by RichRS6 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:24 pm

Don't they have gearbox problems ?

Something to do with the launch mode ?

Even so give it a couple of years...............

Once the kids have left home.....

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Post by NumberoftheBeast » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:17 pm

I heard a story that one guy got stumped with a big bill (in its thousands) after he took it back to Nissan trying to claim under warranty.

Long story short, Nissan did a data-log (the thing is a computer on wheels) and found out that he had been launching it at silly RPM before the advised run-in period and services etc. Needless to say, he had to foot the bill himself.
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Post by andyt » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:27 pm

My mate's got one (selling it though), and I've been in it, and alongside/behind it in my RS6. It's in another league, whether you're remapped or not.

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Post by Cornishmoocher » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:34 pm

I have had a bash with a GTR.
M6 toll booths, alongside each other all the way in the queue, nodded, and he waited for me ( it was early).

rolling start, from maybe 10mph.

i was with him upto 100mph, really with him......maybe even a bit in front by an inch or two of nose, then something really strange happened. He disapeared. And I dont mean just faded away, it was like he hit a hyperspace button, by the time i hit the section where it narrows into 3 lanes, i was doing 160 and I could not see him.

Don't even go there is my advice, you get a guy who can drive and he will kill you in every way possible and then make you look stoopid for even trying.

I spoke to S4int/RS paul about this. Apparently at 100 mph, the aerodynamics kick in and its like an extra 100hp going to the wheels.

VERY VERY VERY QUICK CARS>
It's all Bollox.
Half of what you read is bull and the other half is all <beep>.

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Post by Cornishmoocher » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:38 pm

This will give you some idea of how rapid these things are.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm8alJ4bFM
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Post by HYFR » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:46 pm

wanna watch the M6 toll....last time I was on there is was swarming with old bill, about 4 marked cars and some bastards on the bridge with radar guns / cameras and who know how many unmarked

that was a Saturday AM

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Post by HYFR » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:50 pm

Cornishmoocher wrote:This will give you some idea of how rapid these things are.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTm8alJ4bFM
sh*t thats fast

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Post by woodlum » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:59 pm

Jeeezuz, that GTR is rapid it surely must be heavily modified tho as those bussa's are mad quick (been on the back of one at stupid speeds, never again)!
I know a lad who owns a black edition GTR and will deffo be asking him for a run in it now :bowdown:

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